CreativeMornings - 💔 Healing is creative work

June 2, 2022

“It hit me that healing really is creative work.”

Musician, counselor, and Creative Laureate for the City of Portland Joaquin Lopez invites us to listen with our poetic brain and reflect with our heart. Lopez’s soulful talk for CreativeMornings/Portland tells the story of his life growing up “neither here nor there” as gay and Mexican American and serenades us in Spanish and English. His early painful experiences led him to pour himself into music, into community art, and into connecting with others. Watch Joaquin Lopez’s performance and see how by reconciling our different aspects — the stories of our community elders with the parts of ourselves we’ve been taught to hide — we can usher in a personal folklore that makes us whole.

(Photograph by Christopher Diego)

Group portrait of six individuals with varying skin tones

Everyone deserves to be photographed accurately and to feel represented and empowered. To capture flattering depictions of families and groups, you must hone your skills for properly lighting different complexions. Read MPB’s guide to properly lighting group portraits with a range of diverse skin tones and learn how to elevate your group portraits so that everyone is pleased with the result.

(From our content partner MPB)

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Explore gorgeous meditations and images of wilderness from our community.

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Play this conversation game to build empathy and trust.

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The power in pleasure.

*Thanks to Justin Noah Kazmark for the link inspiration.

CreativeGuild Spotlights
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Framed native land acknowledgement in calligraphy

Lady Fern Graphics makes hand-lettered art for word lovers. They celebrate life’s magic with custom calligraphy, watercolor and ink. Take a look at their native land acknowledgement in calligraphy.

Animation of salsa jars popping up around a box

Honey in Sacramento, California, is a female-led creative studio that specializes in the food, beverage, cannabis, and agriculture industries. Explore the brand identity and website Honey developed for Central Kitchen.

Cool Jobs in Our Universe
Hiring? Looking for work? Check out the CreativeGuild.

Join the CreativeMornings team in Brooklyn as our new Support Coordinator! (remote-friendly)

Or work next door at the Invisible Dog Art Center as a Gallery Manager!

Nava PBC is hiring a VP of Business Development (remote).

Elixir is looking for a Design Project Manager in San Francisco.

Stable Kernel needs a Full-stack Software Engineer in Atlanta.

Here’s your chance to be Mailchimp’s Senior Manager, Global Paid Social Media in Atlanta or New York (remote-friendly).

Asana is hiring a Product Designer for Accessibility in New York.

This newsletter was made by listening to the starlight above. I trust that whatever brought me to this precious place in your inbox will guide me onward to the crazy beauty that awaits.

✨ Waving,
Annie Yi, CreativeMornings HQ

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CreativeMornings - 💔 Healing is creative work

“It hit me that healing really is creative work.”

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